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• This invention relates to a novel process for preparing N-hydroxy organo imidate compounds. More particularly, this invention is directed to a process for preparing N-hydroxy organo imidate compounds by halogenating the corresponding oxime compound in an organic solvent which does not react with the halogenation agent under the reaction condition, and reacting the resulting 1-halo substituted oxime compound with the alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of an alcohol.
• N-hydroxy organo imidate compounds The classical method of preparing N-hydroxy organo imidate compounds involves reacting the corresponding iminoester hydrochloride compound and hydroxylamine hydrochloride.
• J. Houben and E. Schmidt, Chem. Ber. 46, 3616 (1913), and Y. Tamura et al., J. Org. Chem. 38, 6 1239 (1973) describe the preparation of ethyl N-hydroxyacetimidate by reacting acetiminoethylester hydrochloride and hydroxylamine hydrochloride in accordance with the following reaction scheme: ##STR1## The reported yield was 66.3%.
• R 1 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl or phenylalkyl wherein permissible substituents are one or more halogen, nitro, cyano and perhaloalkyl groups;
• R 2 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, phenyl, or phenylalkyl, either unsubstituted or substituted with one or more cyano, nitro, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, perhaloalkyl, alkylthio, arylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylsulfonyl or amido groups, which process comprises the steps of;
• the process of this invention consist of two essential steps.
• a preferred embodiment of the first essential step of the process of this invention is described schematically in the following Reaction Step A: ##STR3## wherein R 1 is as defined hereinabove, and X 2 is halogen.
• the halogenation step to form the 1-halo oxime compound is conveniently performed by reacting a halogenating agent and an oxime compound of the formula R 1 CH ⁇ NOH in an organic solvent which is substantially non-reactive with the halogenation agent. Through use of the organic solvent the formation of by-products is minimized, product yields are increased and the resulting products can be purified without resorting to elaborate and costly purification techniques.
• Useful organic solvents include those solvents which do not include any functional groups which are reactive with the halogenation agent.
• permissible functional groups are those which are not oxidizable by the halogen and which are not displaceable by halogen, or which are not susceptible to addition by the halogen under the reaction conditions of the process.
• non-reactive alcohols such as methanol, and the like
• halohydrocarbons such as carbon tetrachloride, methylene dichloride, chloroform, chlorotrifluoro methane, dichlorodifluoro ethane, trichlorotrifluoro ethane, and the like.
• the halogenation step of the reaction is preferably conducted in a non-reactive solvent, in instances where the oxime compound is liquid an excess of the oxime reactant can be employed as the reaction solvent.
• Preferred organic solvents for use in the practice of this invention are methanol and halohydrocarbons, and particularly preferred for use in the process are methanol, chloroform and carbon tetrachloride.
• Oxime compounds which are useful as reactants in the conduct of the process of this invention are of the formula:
• R 1 is as described above.
• aldoxime compounds wherein R 1 is alkyl, such as acetaldehyde oxime, propionaldehyde oxime, n-butyraldehyde oxime, isobutyraldehyde oxime, n-valeraldehyde oxime, pivalaldehyde oxime and the like.
• Suitable oxime reactants in which R 1 is cycloalkyl are cyclohexanecarboxaldehyde oxime, cyclopentanecarboxaldehyde oxime, 2,2-dimethylcyclohexanecarboxaldehyde oxime, cycloheptanecarboxaldehyde oxime and the like.
• Suitable oxime compounds in which R 1 is alkoxyalkyl include 2-methoxyacetaldehyde oxime, 2-ethoxypropionaldehyde oxime, 3-butoxybutyraldehyde oxime, 2-propoxyvaleraldehyde oxime and the like.
• R 1 is phenylalkyl
• R 1 substituents may be substituted with one or more functional groups which are relatively non-reactive with the halogenating agent employed in the process under the process conditions.
• halogen i.e.
• aldoximes in which R 1 is alkyl having from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms
• phenylalkyl having from 7 to about 11 carbon atoms are particularly preferred.
• R 1 is alkyl having from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms with compounds in which R 1 is methyl, ethyl, propyl or isopropyl being especially preferred.
• the quantity of aldoxime employed is not critical and can vary widely. Usually, the quantity of aldoxime will vary from about 5 to about 75 percent by weight based on the total weight of the solvent. The preferred amount of the aldoxime reactant is from about 10 to about 25 weight percent. Greater amounts of solvent can of course be used, except such amounts merely dilute the components in the reaction mass with no particular advantage being obtained.
• the oxime compounds utilized as reactants in the process of this invention can be conveniently prepared according to conventional methods.
• these compounds can be conveniently prepared by reacting an appropriate aldehyde with hydroxylamine salts in the presence of a base, such as ammonia, an alkali metal hydroxide or carbonate.
• a base such as ammonia, an alkali metal hydroxide or carbonate.
• Another method involves reacting the corresponding aldehyde in a water medium with sodium nitrite, sodium bisulfite and sulfur dioxide.
• halogenation agent employed is not critical and can be varied widely.
• Useful halogenation agents include elemental halogen. Chlorine is the preferred halogenating agent for economic reasons, however, other chlorination agents, such as sulfuryl chloride, and the like, can be used if desired.
• the oxime reactant will be treated with a stoichiometric quantity of the halogen or other halogenating agent.
• An excess or less than stoichiometric amounts of the halogenating agent may also be employed.
• the quantity of halogen may vary from the stoichiometric amount by from plus or minus one percent.
• halogenating can be effected by adding the solid, liquid or gaseous halogen into a solution of the oxime compound in an appropriate solvent, or in the liquid oxime compound.
• the halogen is reacted with at least a stoichiometric quantity of the oxime compound, however, as much as a 50 percent excess or more of the oxime can be used.
• the quantity of oxime employed may vary from a stoichiometric amount to plus or minus 10 percent, and in the particularly preferred embodiments will vary from a stoichiometric amount to plus or minus 5 percent.
• the reaction temperature of the halogenation step can vary from the freezing point of the reaction mixture up to the temperature at which the 1-halo substituted oxime reaction product becomes susceptible to violent decomposition. In the case of chloroacetaldehyde oxime, this upper reaction temperature is about 25° C. In the preferred embodiments of the invention, reaction temperatures will vary from about -10° C. to about +10° C., and in the particularly preferred embodiments of this invention the reaction temperatures will vary from about -5° C. to about +5° C. Amongst these particularly preferred embodiments most preferred are those embodiments in which the reaction temperature varies from about -2° C. to about +2° C.
• Halogenation addition rates are also not critical and can vary widely depending on the ability to control or maintain the reaction medium temperature within the prescribed range, and on factors known to those of skill. Usually, when a halogen is the halogenation agent of choice, the halogen can be added quite rapidly. For example, halogen addition times of from about 10 minutes to several hours can be employed. In the preferred embodiments of the invention the halogen addition is completed in less than an hour.
• the reaction mixture can be reacted in situ with an appropriate Alkali metal or Alkaline earth metal alcoholate in the second essential step of the process of this invention, or can be isolated from the reaction mixture for use in the second step of the process at some later time.
• the second essential step of the process of this invention is described schematically in the following Reaction Step B: ##STR4## wherein R 1 and R 2 are as described above and M is an Alkali or Alkaline Earth metal.
• step 2 the reaction of the Alkali metal or an Alkaline earth metal alcoholate and the 1-haloaldoxime is carried out in the organic solvent which is non-reactive with the haloaldoxime.
• this solvent is selected from the group of solvents which are permissible for use in the first step of the process of this invention.
• essentially stoichiometric quantities of the alkoxide salt are employed, although, it should be understood that the quantity of alkoxide salt employed can vary from stoichiometric to as much as a 100 percent excess. In the preferred embodiments of this reaction, the quantity of alkoxide salt employed will vary from stoichiometric to an excess of 50 percent.
• sufficient alkoxide is added to neutralize HX and formed in the first step.
• Useful alcoholate reactants include the alcoholate derivatives of aliphatic alkanols in which R 2 of the above formula is alkyl such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, hexyl, isopropyl, isobutyl, decyl, pentyl and the like; in which R 2 is alkenyl such as allyl, vinyl, 2-pentenyl, 3-butenyl, 4-hexenyl, and the like; and in which R 2 is alkynyl as for example 2-pentynyl, 3-hexynyl, 2-butynyl, 1-decynyl, 2-hexynyl, propynyl, 4-octynyl, and the like.
• R 2 of the above formula is a cyclic group as for example a cycloalkyl group such as cycloheptyl, cyclohexyl, cyclopentyl and the like, or a cycloalkenyl group such as 2-cyclohexenyl, 3-cycloheptenyl, 2-cyclopentenyl and the like.
• R 2 is an aromatic function such as phenyl, benzyl, naphthyl, phenethyl, benzothienyl, benzofuranyl, and the like.
• R 2 functions may be substituted with one or more functional groups which are non-reactive under process conditions of the second essential step of the process of this invention.
• Such permissible functional groups include halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, cyano, nitro, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl, amido, perhaloalkyl, and the like.
• Alkaline earth metal and Alkali metal alcoholates can be readily prepared by reacting the elemental Alkaline earth metal or alkali metal, respectively, with the corresponding hydroxy compound. While any alkali metal or Alkaline earth metal alcoholate of the formula R 2 OM can be used in the process of this invention, sodium alkoxides are preferred for use.
• sodium alkoxide of the formula R 2 O - Na+ in which R 2 is alkyl having from 1 to about 7 carbon atoms, phenylalkyl having from 7 to about 14 carbon atoms, alkenyl having from 2 to about 7 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having from about 5 to about 10 carbon atoms and alkoxyalkyl having from 2 to about 8 carbon atoms are used.
• alkoxide compounds for use in the particularly preferred embodiments of the invention, those alkoxide compounds in which R 2 is alkyl having from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, alkenyl having from 2 to about 5 carbon atoms, and phenylalkyl having from 7 to about 11 carbon atoms are most preferred.
• the temperature employed in the alcoholate addition step are usually in the same range as those employed in the halogenation step, i.e., the reaction is favored by temperatures of below room temperature because of the tendency of the 1-halo oxime compounds to decompose at higher temperatures. Temperatures within the range of from about -5° C. to about 30° C. are preferred, and reaction temperatures of from about 0° C. to about 10° C. are particularly preferred.
• reaction time is influenced to a significant degree by the reactants and their concentrations; the reaction temperature; the choice and concentration of reaction solvent; and by other factors known to those skilled in the art.
• the process of this invention can be conducted in a batch, semicontinuous or continuous fashion.
• the reaction can be conducted in a single reaction zone or in a plurality of reaction zones, in series or in parallel or it may be conducted intermittently or continuously in an elongated tubular zone or series of such zones.
• the materials of construction employed should be inert to the reactants during the reaction and the fabrication of the equipment should be able to withstand the reaction temperatures and pressure.
• the reaction zone can be fitted with one or more internal and/or external heat exchanger(s) in order to control undue temperature fluctuations, or to prevent any possible "runaway" reaction temperatures.
• agitation means to vary the degree of mixing of the reaction mixture can be employed. Mixing by vibration, shaking, stirring, rotation, oscillation, ultrasonic vibration or the like are all illustrative of the type of agitation means contemplated. Such means are available and well known to those skilled in the art.
• the reactants and reagents may be initially introduced into the reaction zone batchwise or it may be continuously or intermittently introduced in such zone during the course of the process.
• Means to introduce and/or adjust the quantity of reactants introduced, either intermittently or continuously into the reaction zone during the course of the reaction can be conveniently utilized in the process especially to maintain the desired molar ratio of the reaction solvent, reactants and reagents.
• the product 1-organo substituted oxime compound can be isolated from the reaction mixture and purified employing conventional techniques. Illustrative of such techniques are evaporated, distillation, solvent extraction and recrystallization.
• N-hydroxy organo imidate compounds prepared in accordance with the process of this invention have many and varied uses.
• such compounds can be reacted with various carbamoyl halide compounds, such as N-methylcarbamoyl chloride, to form the corresponding carbamoyloxime (carbamate) compounds which have pesticidal activity.
• carbamoyl halide compounds such as N-methylcarbamoyl chloride
• a 3-neck, 250 mL flask was fitted with a gas bubbler, a drying tube and a thermometer.
• Acetaldehyde oxime (5.9 g; 0.1 mol) mixed with chloroform (100 mL) was placed in the flask and a PTFE-coated 1" magnetic stirring bar was introduced.
• the flask was placed in a cooling bath containing a mixture of ice and salt, which in turn was placed over a magnetic stirrer. Maintaining the temperature of the solution between 0° and -5° C., chlorine gas was added slowly from a lecture bottle placed on a top-loading balance. Chlorine addition was continued until a stoichiometric amount with slight excess (7.2 g; 0.101 mol) of the gas was introduced (1 hour).
• the resulting solution was light blue in color, characteristic of chloroacetaldehyde oxime.
• Chloroacetaldehyde oxime solution was slowly added to the sodium ethoxide solution (1 hour) with cooling and stirring. The resulting turbid solution was then heated at 60° C. for 4 hours and cooled. HCl gas was bubbled into liquid to bring the pH to 7 from 11.8. The white solid was filtered off and the clear filtrate evaporated under reduced pressure to remove the solvents. More turbidity developed and the liquid was filtered again. The clear and virtually colorless liquid (16.5 g) was analyzed by gas chromatography. The major component (56.6%) was identified as ethyl N-hydroxyacetimidate, by comparison with an authentic sample obtained from Aldrich. Methanol and chloroform constituted the other significant components. Yield was 90.5%.
• acetaldehyde oxime (5.9 g; 0.1 mol) in chloroform (100 mL) was chlorinated using chlorine gas introduced at 0° to -5° C.
• the bluish solution of chloroacetaldehyde oxime was placed in a 250 mL dopping funnel with jacket and circulating coolant for maintaining the contents cold.
• the dropping funnel was attached to a 3-neck 500 mL flask fitted with a thermometer and condenser in the other openings.
• a solution of sodium methoxide in methanol (Aldrich, 25% by weight, 41 g; 0.19 mole) was placed in the flask and absolute methanol (50 mL) was added to it.
• To the clear solution the chloroform solution was slowly added with minimum cooling in a water bath (maximum 35° C.) and with stirring using a magnetic stirring bar. After completion of addition the solution was heated at 60° C. for 21/2 hours. Terminal pH was 9.5. Hydrogen chloride gas was slowly added after cooling to 0° C. to bring pH to 7.
• the white precipitated of sodium chloride was filtered off and the filtrate concentrated under reduced pressure.
• the thin white slurry was heated under reflux (66° C.) for 21/2 hours. It was cooled to 0° C. and HCl gas was bubbled to bring pH to 7 from 11. The white slurry was filtered and sodium chloride removed, and the clear colorless solution was concentrated under reduced pressure and analyzed by gas chromatography to be a virtually pure solution of methyl-N-hydroxyacetimidate in methanol (19 g; 43.5%). Yield 92.8%.
• Example II n-butyraldehyde oxime in methanol is treated with chlorine gas introduced at 0° to 5° C. To the resulting solution of 1-chloro-n-butyraldehyde oxime is added dropwise with stirring a solution of magnesium methylate in methanol. The reaction is allowed to go to completion and any residual magnesium methylate is neutralized with HCl gas. The precipitated magnesium chloride is removed by filtration, and the filtrate concentrated under reduced pressure to provide the desired 1-methoxy-n-butyraldehyde oxime.

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